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@cornelius_blackfoot
Fair play fo Peter Walker for coming on here to set the record straight, but..
Its kinda self defeating to admit you are against the sub-division of cyclists, and then dismiss this here forum - whose original purpose was to provide a space for people to talk/discuss/ask questions about a specific type of bike, even though it has grown into much more than that, when that space wasn't available on other bike forums - in such an offhand and some would say offensive manner.
You tar us with the self same attributes that you have now stated that you deplore.
We don't do ourselves any favours, and we are not to everyone's liking, what or who is, but we are at the sharp edge of this current reinvigoration of cycling in this city, and the rest of the country. And with the explosion of people wanting to ride fixed/ss, we are for many their first port of call in the quest to find out information, and your comment only perpetuates the myth that we are unfriendly and unwelcoming..
Your blog post and the comments that come after have done nothing but provide a platform for other cyclists - who should actually know better - to get their prejudices and ill conceived notions of riding fixed and single speed off their chests.
Hope you spend some more time here in the future and the experience is a better one than you may have had before. If not, hopefully you'll choose a better way of expressing your bemusement at y/our forum..